Sept. 5th- Sept. 9th

Monday - No School

Tuesday - Finish Presenting

Wednesday - Mr. Brun's Presentation

Thursday - Continued

Friday - Continued

7 years war (French and Indian war)

Surprise attack
1754
Sides - French and Indians on one side British on the other
British won

Steam Engines

Thomas Newcomen invented the first True Steam engine
Sprung the Industrial Revolution

Civil War

North had more people
South was more self reliant
11 states seceded
Union won

Presentions

Must Have

Period of time
Basic Explanation
Key People
Impact
Key Terms

Top Ten

Native Americans Coming and Going -
- Land Bridge from Siberia
- Ice Age
- Following the Food Source
- Trail Of Tears- Moved Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma
Columbus and Exploration

- Magellan- Sailed around the world
- Columbus- Southern Islands
- Vespucci- Named after him
- Cortez- Defeated the Aztecs
- Pizarro- Defeated the Incas
- Cabot- English North East States and Canada
- Sir Francis Drake- English - Voyage around the coast of Americas
- Spain and Portugal went to war
- Line of demarcation
- Pope declared the line of who gets what
Jamestown and Colonization
- British- East coast and Canada
- Portugal-Brasil
- French- Central USA and Canada
- Spanish- Mexico and Texas, Central America, and a good chunk of South America
- Russian- Alaska
Revolutionary War
- French and Indian War (British Won)
  - Taxes enforced- Biggest Cause
- Boston Massacre
  - Spark of War
- George Washington
- Colonists Needed to will
- British had no motivation to win
- Articles of Declaration- Un-United States of America
  - States Government
- Constitution
  - James Madison- Writer
  - Gives us our rights
  - Establishes our government
    - Three Branches
      - Legislative- Congress
        House of Representatives
        Senate- Two People
        Elects for nominations
      - Executive- The President
        Pass or Veto Laws
        Chief enforces laws
        Sign treaties
        Giving speeches
      - Judicial- Supreme Court
        They have the final say
    - Checks and Balances to make sure one person isn't more powerful then others
  - If the Federal Government does not mention a right in the Bill of Rights; the Power goes to the states
  - Amendments
    - The 14th amendment helps people be safe under the law; Black and Minority Races; Gay Marriage; Transgender Rights
    - Rights to vote-
      - Just white Males ->
      - Black and White Males ->
      - Black and White Men and ALL Women ->
      - People in DC ->
      - Everyone above the age of 18
Westward Expansion
- Moving West For
  - Gold and Riches
  - Land
  - Adventure
- Louisiana Purchase
  - 2 cents Per Acre
  - Great Plains- Dessert
  - Bought from France
- Louis and Clark
  - Survey land
  - Map new country
- Florida
  - Given Peacefully by the Spanish
Texas War (Mexican American War)
- Lone Star Republic/State in Mexic
- We annexed it
- They wanted people to settle it from America
  - No slaves
- - - Roman Catholic
  - Remember the Alamo
    - United Texans to defeat Mexico
- Mexican American war
  - Decade after Texan War
  - We just annexed the Texas
  - President Polk was an imperialist (wanted to take land)
    - Moved troops to border
    - Mexico thought they declared war and vise versa
    - Long Story short we win
    - We give Mexico 20million Dollars
  - Bought
    - New Mexico
    - Cali
    - Arizona
    - Colorado
    - Nevada
    - Utah
- Mexico lost a lot of land in a span of 10 years
- Oregon Territory Given to us by Great British
- Alaska Purchased From Russia
- Hawaii was ceased
Civil War
- Things that determined North and South
  - The Line Making everything even
  - Dred Scott Case
  - Popular Sovereignty
- Missouri compromise
- Cali and Oregon became states quicker due to gold
- Compromises delayed war
- What Started the War?
  - The South didn't believe Abe when he said slavery was banned that he wouldn't come get there slaves
  - Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Maryland
  - Abe Never thought they would leave, He want to save the Union
  - Emancipation Proclamation was not sold with some people in Congress
- People-
  - Andrew Jackson- Southern General
  - Jefferson Davis- President of the Confederate States of America
  - Ulysses S Grant-
  - Andrew Johnson- VP and sucessor
- Union Advantages
  - Had more people
  - More Food
  - More Iron Production in the north
  - Railroads
- South Advantage
  - Better Gun knowledge
  - Better Generals
Reconstruction
- The Period of time after the Civil War in which the south had to be REBUILT
  - Physically
  - Economically- New money for the southerners
  - Socially- Make them Easier for slave
  - Politically- New Government for them to except the new amendment
- Birmingham, Alabama most production
- Southern governments taken over by
  - Carpetbaggers - Northern that moved south that took over the government and
  - Scalawags- Southerner that that helped the Carpetbaggers take over
    - Seen as traitors by the south
- Government was accused by widespread corruption by southerners
- Abe's Death
  - Johnson Became President (Democrat)
  - Congress Hated that Johnson was Democrat because they where mostly republicans
- Republican Radical Reconstruction
  - Rebuilt south
    - Physically
    - Socially
    - Politically
    - Economically
  - They split the Military into 5 Military Districts
    - Down in the south to enforce laws
  - Passed 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments passed- Now needed to be accepted
  - Freedmen's Bureau
    - Help for slave
      - Education
      - Jobs
- 1865-1877
  - Reconstruction left very deep divisions between the northern states and southern states
  - Once the northern government and military left the south, traditional rich, white racist males took back over
  - Jim Crow Laws and Segregation was established
  - African Americans would not see the rights the should've had in 1865 until 1964

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